Wild Wild West returns...

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[kimbutgar]

1. Florida and Texas two states I will not ever go to again until it returns to sanity.

[Crunchy Frog]

17. Me too. And I'm not expecting them to return to sanity in my lifetime.

[lagomorph777]

28. They have gone off the deep end. Scary dangerous.

I'd love to go and work for SpaceX, but unfortunately, they are in Texas, and there's just no way I could live there.

[Beartracks]

2. Don't Dumb Like Texas.

[3Hotdogs]

3. Well I remember on Channel 7, Thursday nights.

The Lone Ranger didn't need no license.

[Karma13612]

4. For the love of all things sane

And logical,

What the actual F**k??????

Guess I won’t be visiting Texas again any time soon.

Spent the winter in Texas in 2007-2008. Had a great time. Great BBQ. Even got to attend an Obama rally in San Antonio. And had my first Sonic meal. So good! People are friendly.

Oh well. The state legislatures are really forcing the hands of many of us. I can see over time that those who can afford it will move to states with more favorable, intelligent laws that support the voters and residents. If states want to curtail our rights, and endanger us with lax gun laws while controlling women’s rights and limiting voting rights, then so be it. I won’t visit there. I do feel for the people who can’t afford to migrate to progressive states. Over time, it is going to be more and more critical which state you live in.

We need to do better. But GQP’s are just destroying things with no look to the future.

[electric_blue68]

12. Seems their outlook is Power Uber Alles...

(hope I got the German part right)

One Texan friend won't, can't? leave bc of her husband's severe health issues.

Another Texan born friend (living elsewhere now) - woman, smart, African-American is definitely not
going back.

And recent acquaintances 2 partnered, or married lesbians moved from Texas (good!) to ?Florida (not so good?)
WHAT were they thinking.

So sad- some beautiful countryside, interesting cities like San Antonio, and Austin... but eeeeeks!

[Karma13612]

20. Yea, I think this is another turning point

That some may not realize.

We shall see how soon the public gun fights begin. Innocent bystanders caught in cross-fire.

Hubbie just told me that even in the “wild-west” days, some sheriffs used to confiscate a visitor’s gun when they came to town. It was given back to them when they went on their way.

Can’t see that happening here. Even if it does, you can’t possibly do that effectively. Gun rights activists won’t stand for it when the state has deemed it OK to carry with no restrictions.

Does Texas do background checks consistently?? At all??

[oasis]

5. Abbott is dedicated to bringing misery into everyone else's life.

[haele]

6. More Ex-spouses, boyfriends/girlfriends, and co-workers are going to die.

I suppose their lives and the grief of their loved ones trump the right of some angry, paranoid idiot flipping out because they can't deal with the real world to buy a gun and "make the bastards pay".

Texas will also see an increase in toddlers with access to firearms killing people and of suicides.

But hey Gunz are Gawd's holy gift to White Males, so yay Texas.

Haele

[doc03]

7. Ohio has always had that nt

[Wounded Bear]

8. The GRAs won't be happy until we're living out Deadwood IRL...

[dalton99a]

9. It's already like that in many other states

[Karma13612]

21. OH !! I had no idea!

Well then, better keep this list handy for the day I decide to move from NY state. Maybe I won’t. In our state, pot is now legal, women can choose, we finally have improved voting laws, and we aren’t on that dreaded list. Oh, and although I live in a red area (NY-21), at least my state as a whole is Blue.

Indeed, I 💙 NY.

[Dial H For Hero]

24. Here's a map showing the concealed carry laws of every county in the USA.

Green = No permit required.
Dark Blue = Shall issue, permit must be granted except to prohibited persons (such as felons).
Light Blue = May issue, permit at discretion of local law enforcement, but shall issue in practice.
Yellow = May issue, permit at discretion of local law enforcement.
Red = May issue, but no issue in practice.

[Karma13612]

27. Many Many thanks for this!

I will be bookmarking this and maybe even take a screen shot!

💙

[lagomorph777]

30. Happy to see my state is still safe (VA). We have elections this year. MUST KEEP VA BLUE!

[DavidDvorkin]

10. The real old West wasn't like that

This isn't a return of anything. It's a modern, insane invention.

[Solomon]

15. Exactly. In the real Old West, you couldn't and wouldn't shoot a man in the back, or with his hands

up. Ironic isn't it.

[BGBD]

18. Jesse James

Died exactly like that.

[GoCubsGo]

19. Yup. Back then, in most towns, they had to check their guns

at the sheriff's office when they came to town. They didn't get them back until they left. These assholes will soon find out the sheer lunacy of what they're doing. You couldn't pay me to step foot in either of those places.

[moondust]

11. Guns & Covid for everybody!!!

Thinning the herd Texas style!!!!

[jpak]

13. Clue

They already do

Yup

[DenaliDemocrat]

14. It's legal to open carry in many states

And generally not an issue. It’s concealed carry that ups the scary factor

[lagomorph777]

31. Carry is an issue for me either way. I won't live in any state that allows it.

[rownesheck]

16. They'll reconsider

once people of color start packing heat. The goober racist white dipshits think they're the only ones who'll be walking around playing cowboy.

[pbmus]

25. 'Goober racist white dipshits'. ..LMAO...

[chriscan64]

22. It's already bad before the law is in effect.

Road rage incidents, strip club arguments and the like make the San Antonio news frequently as they end in gunfire. Bystanders, including children, get caught in the crossfire. This is not about a good guy with a gun stopping a bad guy with a gun. This is about idiots having a louder, deadlier "fuck you" than the other idiot in the argument at their disposal in emotionally heated instances.

All this is happening among the gun owners with permits to a large degree. Will owners of illegal guns now feel emboldened to carry them openly?

[pwb]

23. That is only for white people?

Everybody else will be questioned?

[DFW]

26. Good cops will hate it, bad cops will love it

Bad cops will now be able to shoot anyone they feel like shooting and then play CYA with, „well it sure looked like a gun to me, and I had no reason to think he was unarmed.“

[Mr. Ected]

29. Pandering to the mouth-breathers who can only count to 2 but skip 1

Who cares if your prospective voters kill each other before the election? At least they died doing what they loved: fingering their beloved firearm.